Fall 2010 Tune In With Ten Page

By Karen Bernard, Region 10 Historian

FIRST PROJECT:

March 2011 will be our 50th Competition in Region 10. I‘m re-

searching our Competition Themes and have gotten many from the old scrapbooks and from my own collection of programs. I

do need additional help in tracking down some of the themes

from the early years. I‘ll list the years and if anyone has that

information, please let me know by email.

1962 - I have ―Musical View‖ but I‘m not sure about that one.

1974 - I have ―All American City‖ but I‘m not sure about that

one either. I didn‘t always have programs for all of the years and

had to rely on newspaper articles and regional newsletters. I am

missing the themes from the following years: 1963; 1964; 1965;

1966; 1969; 1976; 1980.

SECOND PROJECT:

Charlene Cummings has donated a set of 8x10 color photo-

graphs from the 1981 competition. Any monies collected from

the sale of these ―vintage‖ photos will be given to Region 10's

YWIH fund. I‘m asking that you donate $5.00 per photo for this

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Great Gulf Coast Region 10 Sweet Adelines Fall 2010 Volume 25 Number 2

Tori Postma Teaches Visual Performance Techniques; Area School Singers Show Off; Jail-A-Thon

Nets Profit For Region 10; International Competitors Strut Their Stuff. More photos, pages 10-11.

Region 10 Gets Groovy At Fall Regional

Two Special Projects

Need Your Help! By Vickie Dennis, Region 10 Education Co-

ordinator

Our Winter Regional Meeting will be held

January 14-15, 2011, at the Houston Green-spoint Marriott with Tomi McEvoy (baritone

from A Cappella Gold, the Immediate Past

President of the Coronet Club, a member of

the International faculty, a certified director,

an approved candidate judge and a vocal

coach) as Guest Faculty. Tomi has been in our region before . .

. when we had all four members of A Cappella Gold! She is an

avid quartet singer and a dynamic teacher and performer. You

will really enjoy being in her classes and learning from her.

For years we have given our quartets some attention by provid-

ing the opportunity for coaching at each regional event, but we have not provided the focused education they need to increase

their performance level. This workshop will focus on the quartet

as a performing entity. We will have open coaching, a full range

of classes on performance – from selecting costumes to selecting

music to walking on stage to performing for the local Rotary

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Winter Regional To Have Quartet

Focus; Classes Will Appeal To Everyone

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Alamo Metro Chorus

San Antonio, TX With summer vacations nearing an end,

the Alamo Metro Chorus is gearing up for

some heavy duty ―buckling down‖ in our

final preparations for International Com-

petition. But it wasn‘t all work and no

play for us this summer! In July, we en-

joyed our annual chorus pool party at the

home of director Mary Ann Wydra. It

was a fun filled day of eating, drinking,

swimming and of course, singing!

In August, we were thrilled to perform for the McDonald‘s Corporation Regional

Awards Gala. By request, we performed

our 60‘s package along with some special

arrangements of various popular jingles

made famous in McDonald‘s commer-

cials over the years. In addition to our

60‘s garb, some members were outfitted

in vintage McDonald‘s uniforms, which

was a big hit with the audience. We fin-

ished up that week with a great coaching

session with Ruth Ann Parker and had the

good fortune to benefit from an im-promptu coaching with Rosemary

Calderon, who happened to be in town. In

the next few weeks, we will be traveling

to Kerrville, TX for our weekend retreat

with Ruth Ann Parker.

We will also be presenting our send off

Dinner/Show on October 9, at St. John

Neumann‘s Hall here in SA. The show

will feature the chorus, chapter quartets,

Men‘s Collegiate Barbershop Quartet ―Varsity‖ and ―Premiere,‖ a MacArthur

High School girls group directed by our

own Caitlyn Griffith. For more info,

c h e c k ou t ou r we b s i t e a t

www.alamometrochorus.org. Unfortu-

nately, with all these commitments along

with our upcoming trip to Seattle, the

chorus will not be able to perform at the

Fall Regional weekend. Many of us will

be in attendance and look forward to

singing with our area school chorus.

Last but not least, Alamo Metro would

like to send our best wishes to Oasis,

Lone Star and Spirit of Southeast cho-

ruses. We are excited to be sharing this

International experience with you all! Go

Region 10!

By Lisa Deiser, TIWT Correspondent

Baton Rouge Chorus

Baton Rouge, LA

The Baton Rouge Chorus is celebrating

50 years and had a wonderful anniversary party on September 26 with anyone who

sang with, directed, coached, listened to,

or supported us in any way! The recep-

tion included anecdotes, scrapbook and

costume displays, DVD showings of

competition and show performances, the

fellowship of current and former Sweet

Adelines and, of course, singing!

The Baton Rouge Chorus has been busy

enhancing our sound by re-voicing some members, naming new section leaders,

and getting coaching from Janie Macchi-

aroli, Darlene Rogers, and Pat LeVuzu.

We've also been adding a dash of fun to

our rehearsals with monthly birthday

celebrations. Pictured here are our August

birthday girls -- Cindy Stevens, Patty

Nance, Virginia Simoneaux, and our

newest member, Angela Dunn -- with

their crowns and scepters. Angela came

to us with her beautiful bass voice by way

of an LSU Leisure Class which we have

offered the last three summers.

Our Sweet Adeline Extraordinaire is An-

nie Michelle. Annie is a relatively new

member who also came to us by way of

the Leisure Class. She adds enthusiam

and a beautiful voice to the chorus. (She

even got a solo!) Annie organizes and

distributes our music, sends cards to cho-

rus members on special occasions, and, being a retired police officer, leaves re-

hearsal last each night, assuring every-

one's safety!

By Molly Manson, TIWT Correspondent

Bayou Blend Chorus

Lafayette, LA

Bayou Blend begins fall and holiday cal-

endar events, raffle sales, plans for a

spring show, Christmas chorus, Christmas

concert, new music and moving ahead to

2011 toward contest!

Sound like a very busy Fall into Spring

doesn‘t it..and a lot of that was inspired

by our ever-planning Management Team

and an enthusiastic Director.

The Chorus just had an injection of en-

thusiasm by Darlene Rogers who gave the

Chorus many things to think about and

put into action both vocally and mentally.

Now we are all looking forward to having Vickie Dennis in November following

her quartet‘s appearance on the Interna-

tional stage in Seattle. ―Best of luck‖ to

them and to all of Region #10‘s competi-

tors there!

The Chorus has had a wealth of coaching

these past few weeks. Melody White

from Rich Tone Chorus really made us

aware of facial expressions in a way that

made us all aware of our own responsi-

bilities in that area..hope everyone takes that to the ―bank‖! From Houston Hori-

zon, Kellie Gareri worked with many

areas of barbershop singing and like Mel-

ody and Darlene made us all aware of

personal responsibility which is the ―key‖

to success in a chorus. Most importantly,

our director, JP Poirier, has followed

through with reminders each week of the

valuable information we all received!

Each week our Music Team selects four parts to sing for the Chorus as a quartet

which serves us all in entertainment as

well as an inspiration to be ―performance

ready‖ each week.

Several of us were at the Fall Regional

Meeting..ready to share in the knowledge

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received and shared at Area School Meet-

ing which Bayou Blend Chorus was

proud to hostess and are grateful for all of

the Faculty and Regional members who

attended. By Bev Colomb, TIWT Correspondent

Chisholm Trail Chorus

Temple, Texas

Is it really September already? Wonder-

ing where your summer went? Well Chis-

holm Trail has been working at a steady

pace side by side with Texas Harmony

preparing for our October shows. We will

perform on Friday, October 15 in Dallas

and Saturday, October 16 in Temple.

Along this journey we have enjoyed com-bined rehearsals and extra coaching op-

portunities.

The consensus has been that the high

point so far was our combined retreat in

Salado at the end of August where Sylvia

Alsbury coached each chorus separately

and then the combined 70 voice chorus

and in the process coached both Darlene

and Carol. The interaction between the three of them was a real treat to watch.

We are very lucky to have two fabulously

organized co-directors retreat coordina-

tors in Janet Brown and Marlene Snare.

So much fun and good fellowship along

with the hard work made the weekend

very rewarding. In addition we have en-

joyed coaching visits by regional favor-

ites, Sheri Strawther and Xanna William-

son, who are helping us work on our con-

test set for the spring. Many of us partici-pated in the fab weekend in Houston with

Tori Postma this month at the Fall Re-

gional Meeting.

And if all the hard work paying off in our

performances isn‘t enough to keep a cho-

rus happy, membership growth certainly

is the icing on the cake. We have wel-

comed several new members over the

summer months and are guiding addi-

tional guests through the discernment

process. Watch out Region 10, we are on a roll!

By Gail Eltgroth, TIWT Correspondent

Cradle of Texas Chorus

Sugar Land, TX

For the past several months we have been

learning several new songs and working

on contest music. We had an addition to

our bass section. Connie Singleton joined

us in July and we are so proud to have

her. In August we invited ladies to sing

Christmas music with us. Eight ladies have been singing with us since the first

of August. Two have joined -- Nichole

Lenfesty and her daughter Alexandra

Lenfesty. Alexandra is 16 and she loves

our barbershop. She is the youngest mem-

ber ever to belong to our chorus. She and

her mom are very talented. We are enjoy-

ing singing with all these ladies and hope-

fully the remaining 6 will decide to join

us. At Christmas time, all these ladies,

members or not, will be singing with us as we sing for events around our town.

By Jimmie Hargrove, TIWT Correspon-

dent

Crescent City Sound Chorus

New Orleans, LA

As I write this article, we have just re-

turned for our retreat with our long time

coach and emergency director, Mary Beth

McMurray. What a wonderful weekend

we had! The theme was---Saints. We all

dressed in our very best Saints attire and had our very own replica of the Lombardi

trophy.

Mary Beth worked on some of our show

music. We moved our show from October

to June because we were unable to use

our regular auditorium. We were unable

to find a comparable site. The only solu-

tion seemed to be to continue to learn our

new music as if the show was scheduled

in October. We will also work on Christ-mas music and contest music at the same

time. After contest, we will have 10

weeks to brush up our show music.

That is the bad news. The good news is

that this gave us an opportunity to intro-

duce our competition songs much earlier

than we have in the past. If this works out

for us, this will be something we will

continue in the future.

As much fun as it is to work on perfecting

our craft, the real fun comes on Saturday

night when we put on a chorus talent show. Some people astounded us with

their hidden talents. Others just knock us

off our seats with their hilarious routines.

The talent in this chorus is definitely not

limited to just singing.

While on retreat, we celebrated Mary

Beth‘s and Molly McGee‘s birthdays. We

also presented Holly DiDomenico with

our Sweet Adeline Extraordinaire award.

We continue to perform in our commu-

nity. This summer we learned ―When the

Saints Go Marching In.‖ Our wonderful

director, JoAnn Fernon, wrote some new

words to credit the Saints on their Super

Bowl win--Who dat! We get a fantastic

response from the audience every time we

perform it.

By Kitty Warner, TIWT Correspondent

Fiesta City Chorus

San Antonio, TX We had a wonderful time singing at Folk

Life Festival, we made new friends and

even got handed orchids. July found us

singing for the Founders Lions Club, the

"Oldest Lions Club in the World." They

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sang along with every song they knew the

words to and even got to do the "Eagle

Rock" with us. We are now working very

hard for our stage production in Novem-ber. It will be full of music from Tin Pan

Alley.

By Betsy Billinger, TIWT Correspondent

Houston Horizon Chorus

Houston, TX

When the trees their summer splendor

Change to raiment red and gold,

When the summer moon turns mellow,

And the nights are getting cold;

When the squirrels hide their acorns, And the woodchucks disappear

Then we know that it is autumn,

Loveliest season of the year.

~Charlotte L. Riser

Houston Horizon had its annual retreat

weekend at Galveston‘s Moody Gardens.

What an amazing time we had! From

music theory, breathing modules, sec-

tional work, front row auditions, a look at

our new website (check it out for yourself at www.houstonhorizon.org), a Q &A and

informational session with our chorus

Management Team and classes on visual

performance, the education opportunities

were abundant.

And if all of this wasn‘t fun enough, we

were able to fit in a late night dessert buf-

fet (mmmm!), a pool side performance

for resort guests and visitors (see picture),

a lip synch contest (it is always amazing to see the seemingly endless talent and

creativity of our members) and a Saturday

night ―pool‖ party (unfortunately, the

pool had already closed by the time most

of us got there, but that didn‘t stop us

from moving it inside).

Sunday morning, Vickie set aside some

time for ―Christmas in August,‖ where

we started learning some new music for

our annual Christmas concert to be held

on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Grace Presbyterian Church. We welcome

you to join us by October 2, 2010 if you

are interested in performing on stage with

HHC for this concert.

We also encourage you to consider join-

ing HHC as a dual member as we prepare

for International 2011 here in Houston! If

you were at the Regional meeting with

Tori Postma, the details regarding expec-

tations for dual members joining us on

this journey were made available. You ma y also visi t our websi t e

(www.houstonhorizon.org) or contact

Sally Ison, our Member Services Man-

ager (SallyIson@aol.com ) for further

information. We would love to share this

experience and its memories with our

sisters in harmony!

Some other exciting opportunities for us

this fall include coaching sessions with

Joe Connelly and Dale Syverson, support-ing Oasis, Alamo Metro, Spirit of South-

east Texas and Lone Star Choruses as

they head to Seattle to compete at SAI

International Convention, as well as sing-

ing (again) the National Anthem at an

upcoming Rocket‘s game and a perform-

ance prior to a TUTS (Theater Under the

Stars) production.

So while here in Houston, the nights may

not yet be getting cold, and the leaves

may not be turning to red and gold, re-flecting ahead on all that we have to look

forward to this fall, there is most certainly

something quite lovely about this time of

year.

By Jodi Ceaser, TIWT Correspondent

Lone Star Chorus

Fort Worth, TX

What an exciting time ahead in Seattle,

three fabulous choruses and an amazing

quartet representing Region 10, the first time the region has had representation in

all levels at International. Only a few

weeks away, where has the time gone?!

The summer has flown by for Lone Star

with all the great coaching by Becky Lar-

sen, Scottsdale, Becky Bartlett, Rich

Tones, Ruth Ann Parker, Rich Tones, and

of course Kim Hulbert who coached us

before regional and coached us at our

Retreat mid-September. The chorus had 2

-a-week rehearsals in September to be sure we represent Region 10 to the best

we can. You don‘t want to miss our per-

formance, either on site if you are there,

or via Webcam, it‘s one of our most crea-

tive. Take a nap during the day on Tues-

day if you can but be sure to catch us at

9:30 pm Seattle and 11:30 pm Texas

time, the best will be last at Harmony

Classic.

Lone Star also made time for laughter and

bonding at what we hope will be an an-nual pool party. We ate, we laughed, we

swam, we shared time with our families

and we sang barbershop. What could be

better than that? We also found time to

support a national blood drive by per-

forming at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth that

was sponsored by the Texas Millionaires

Men‘s Chorus.

Lone Star wishes all Seattle competitors the Best of Luck, travel safely and have a

great time, we will!

By Tammy Mathis, TIWT Correspondent

Magic Valley Chorus

McAllen, TX

Magic Valley Chorus in the summer is

small but mighty, as we recently proved.

When our esteemed Team Leader, Janet

Doyle, was incarcerated at Outback Steak

House for the Muscular Dystrophy Asso-ciation's Fund Raiser, and was just a little

short on her "Bail", we wonderful, heroic

Barbershop Singers came to her rescue.

Surely it was our beautiful music that got

her over the top and out of jail! Both the

Chorus and M.D.A. were the happy bene-

ficiaries.

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With about half our members on L.O.A.,

the rest of us have been meeting joyously

to dust off old favorites for next year's

repertoire, learning a few new songs, and

honing the skills that earned us our acco-lades at Competition last March. Many of

us attended the Summer Area School in

San Antonio and returned with renewed

enthusiasm for our chosen hobby.

We have enjoyed the pleasure of several

visitors this summer, and are pleased to

welcome Isabella Waldschmidt as our

newest member, a great Lead, and a very

spirited asset to our group. She attended

the Fall Regional Workshop, along with several others, and we expect her to find

it a wonderful learning experience just as

we always do.

Then we'll be looking forward to the re-

turn of our Director, Gary Lewallen, who

will lead us into our new and busy sea-

son, and our Winter Texans, who will

have much to share with us, especially

those who will be competing in Interna-

tional in Seattle. Our heartfelt best wishes

go with them. By Shirley Valentine, TIWT Correspon-

dent

Panther City Chorus

Fort Worth, TX

Panther City Chorus is busy preparing for

its second annual show. The chorus will

present ―Hats Off to Harmony,‖ an after-

noon tea, fashion show and musical

showcase at 2 pm on October 2. A limited

number of tickets are available.

Of course, the end of the show signals the

beginning of preparation for the Holiday

Season, and Panther City will begin re-

freshing its Christmas music repertoire

almost as soon as the last chord of the

show rings.

And, after the Holiday Season, comes

―Preparing for Competition‖ Season!

Charlotte has selected the chorus‘s com-

petition music, and Panther City has be-gun the process of learning and perfecting

her selections. This year‘s goal, as al-

ways, is to improve upon last year‘s per-

formance.

Visitors are always welcome to visit cho-

rus rehearsals, which are held on Thurs-

days at 7pm at Handley Baptist Church,

6801 Church Street, Fort Worth. For

more information, call (817) 236-7554, or

panthercitychorus@gmail.com.

By Ruth Gerik, TIWT Correspondent

Sparkling City Chorus

Corpus Christi, TX

This summer the chorus welcomed new

member Carole Durch who came to us by

way of Region 7 where she was a charter

member of the Emerald City Chorus in

Wichita. Carole sings baritone and we‘re

really glad she moved to Corpus Christi.

We sadly said good-bye to Amaris Wal-

ters, who moved to the Dallas area to continue her education.

On August 22 we were again invited to

perform at Jackson Woods Presbyterian

church for their annual barbeque. We

always love singing for a very apprecia-

tive audience and for a great supper.

We were very busy working on our an-

nual Fab Fun Fest performance and fund-

raiser, which was held on September 28.

The mini concert of Beatles and Beach Boys music was free to the public and our

raffle was chock-full of great prizes like

event tickets, restaurant and retail gift

certificates and cold cash.

On October 16 the chorus is thrilled to be

a part of Sing Out, South Texas at the

Performing Arts Center at Texas A & M

Corpus Christi. We will be participating

with six other community and college

choruses from Corpus Christi, Beeville, Kingsville and Victoria. Each choir will

perform music of their choosing and the

entire group will perform 2 songs to-

gether.

Our director search is continuing and any

interested applicants are urged to contact

Marianne Jackson at librairian-

ne2@yahoo.com for more information

and a resume form.

By Mary Hower, TIWT correspondent

Spirit of SE Texas Chorus

Beaumont, TX

Spirit of Southeast Texas is busy working

on our first International package. We

recently had an all day rehearsal with

Sandi Wright. She is great at what she

does. There was a great turn-out to try out

for speaking or singing parts. Congrats to

the ones that made it.

Many of our chorus members haven't

even been to see International so, this trip will be very exciting to say the least. We

enjoyed our chance to do the package for

the regional weekend in September. We

also learned some great things during the

weekend to help with our last few weeks.

On Grandparents day we will do a sing

out which will be nice and fun. Going to

contest is great but it is such a joy to per-

form in public. We have a couple more

little sing outs coming soon. By Natalie Lockhart, TIWT Correspon-

dent

Starlite Sound Chorus

Humble, TX

In an effort to reach younger potential

members, the Starlite Sound had a

―summer intern program,‖ which netted

us one new teenage member, plus two

more who are ―in process.‖ Our newest

member, Rachel Willis, joined along with

her mother Dee Willis. Our Guest Night in June generated a lot of interest and

we‘re hoping to recruit another mother/

daughter team after summer activities are

over and everyone gets ―Back in the Old

Routine.‖

As a result of Dee and Rachel joining us,

we have opened a new door – into the

home school network. In August the cho-

rus had a booth and performed at a

HEART event in Humble (home school fair). We made a lot of contacts there, and

we have received some positive phone

calls.

The Starlite Sound is taking Marketing

Mondays seriously – we try to find a new

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place to post our flyers each month. We

have also developed a new marketing tool

– a recipe card with our chorus informa-

tion on the back. Every member is chal-lenged to post a flyer in a new place each

month and hand out at least one card a

week -- and Marketing Monday is our

monthly deadline.

We‘re looking forward to our fall activi-

ties – our Regional meeting in September

plus some coaching sessions, as well as learning some new Christmas music. And

we‘re hoping that some of the many seeds

we‘re planting will germinate and grow!

By Linda Nebgen, TIWT Correspondent

Texas Harmony Chorus

Irving, TX

A long time ago, in a land far away……

no…..wait….. oh, it was just last October

in Nashville! That‘s when Texas Har-

mony Chorus had the distinct honor of

representing Region 10 on the Harmony Classic stage. Our 31 members outdid

themselves to place 3rd in the Division A

chorus competition. We were SO ex-

cited…… and we still are!

Now, almost a full year later, we have

breaking news! Our good news, you ask?

The news is…..drum roll please!

Texas Harmony‘s numbers are DROP-

PING! Yes, you heard correctly.

Our once small chorus is GETTING

SMALLER and we are just loving it.

That‘s right, Texas Harmony is shedding

the pounds. Shortly after returning to Ir-

ving from Nashville, individual members

began various weight loss programs to

begin their new life. No one member

knew of the other‘s efforts until the first

of the year when we began to compare

notes. I had returned from a Leave Of

Absence and people noticed I had lost 25 lbs. Then, someone else said she had lost

30 lbs. One by one, the members came

forward to share their stories and we

found ourselves pulling together as an

even tighter team than we already were,

albeit smaller. Now, almost a year after

Nashville, Texas Harmony is proud to

announce that we boast 34 members and

have a cumulative weight loss of OVER

459 lbs! That‘s more than THREE

WHOLE PEOPLE! Ok, does that mean

we‘re back to 31 on stage?

Best wishes to Alamo Metro, Lone Star,

Spirit of SE Texas and Oasis in Seattle!

By Pat Murray, TIWT Correspondent

Voice Of Vermilion Chorus

Lafayette, LA

Congratulations to Jenny Best, our 2010

Sweet Adeline Extraordinaire!

―Broadway At Babe‘s Bistro‖ kept VOV quite busy during the last few months and

turned out to be a big success. Our guests

enjoyed both shows and, of course, the

cheesecake! Congratulations are in order

to our director Margaret Kresse, our show

chairman Bev Colomb, our show team,

and all chorus members who contributed

so much of their time, effort, and sales-

manship abilities to make the show not

only a good one but also a profitable one

for Voice of Vermilion.

In preparation for our show, coaching

was of the essence and having Darlene

Rogers and Bron Dixon to spur us on was

a treat. Coaching doesn‘t stop there! We

will welcome Vickie Dennis in mid-

November.

As of this writing, Bev Colomb is our

only member heading to Seattle in Octo-

ber. Pat Cotini has volunteered her out-

door space in November for another VOV Garage Sale. We anticipate several per-

formances to help to celebrate the holi-

days and, of course, our annual chorus

Christmas party is on tap in mid-

December.

Voice of Vermilion is looking forward to

seeing everyone again at the January

Winter Regional and then at our 50th

Competition in March 2011.

By Karen Bernard, TIWT Correspondent

Prospective Heart of the Pines Chorus

Nacogdoches, TX

Nacogdoches, TX now has Prospective

Heart of the Pines Chorus. Our introduc-

tory meeting was May 24 and 20 women

showed up with curious anticipation.

Barb Feighner and Kathy Parker from the

Houston Horizon chorus and Sing It

Again quartet graciously came and as-

sisted the gala event. Two weeks later

regular rehearsals began.

Director, TJ Reed, is a Queen of Har-

mony (Shondells 1977), Certified Direc-

tor, former director of the Memphis City

Sound Chorus, Memphis, TN for 6 years,

and a Sweet Adeline for 40 years

First on the agenda was to purchase pro-

fessional signs to put in front of the re-

hearsal hall and driveway entrances.

These merely say ―Sweet Adelines‖ and

have an arrow to direct them. May seem trivial, but we think they have been ad-

vantageous.

Heart of the Pines is working hard to be-

come approved for singing for our public

as the men‘s Timbretones Chorus has

invited us to sing on their show Dec 4 &

5, and we have already received a per-

formance request for December 7. So we

have lots of tunes to learn…quickly.

Vickie Dennis, director Houston Horizon,

came to us July 8 for a coaching session

involving body alignment, breathing,

‗filling the space with sound‘. You know,

all those basics. TJ felt it was important

to have a session of this type in the early

stages of the new chorus to get everyone

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Tune In With Ten is the official newsletter of Great Gulf Coast

Region #10 Sweet Adelines International and is published

3 times annually.

Editor Carol Mouché

8760 E. Canyon Court Temple, Texas 76502 Phone: 254-982-4873

Email: Region10comm@aol.com Next Deadline: December 17, 2010

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special project in honor of Charlene. I‘ll bring the pictures with me to each re-gional meeting and they will be in a special album.

My contact information is: (home address) 841 HWY 182; Sunset LA 70584.

My phone numbers, fax & e-mail address follow: (h) 337-662-3247; (fax) 337-

662-2274; (e-mail) kbsings@centurytel.net

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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club to the contest stage. We will have sessions on vocal skills and blending those skills to create a stronger unit. A great class will be offered as a coaching clinic – to help you learn how to be a better coach. Directors, Assistant Directors, Section Leaders . . that

would be a great class for YOU! There will also be sessions on how to put together a quartet if you don‘t have one yet. Have three

parts and are looking for one more? We‘ll have that. Are you a single looking for three more? We‘ll give you the opportunity to talk

with others in the same boat. We‘ll provide singing opportunities by way of a tag class or ―open mic‖ sessions in the hallway and

meeting rooms. We will be having our ―mock quartet contest‖ on Friday evening with a YWIH contest Saturday, featuring perform-

ances by our five medalist quartets from 2010. So, again, you don‘t have to be in a quartet to get benefit from this workshop. But the

real focus will be on the quartets in our region.

Registered quartets, non-registered quartets, competing quartets, non-competing quartets — we are focusing on YOU. Don‘t miss

out on this great opportunity. Everyone is welcome because there will be information and education that will benefit ALL.

INTENT TO ATTEND: If your quartet is planning on attending this great event, we would appreciate a quick note to vaden-nis@sbcglobal.net by October 15 so we can start working with the hotel to make sure we have all the space we need. We have 30+

registered quartets in Region 10. That would be 120 people if all attend. Plus, we expect many other folks coming to learn from the

material presented. This isn‘t a commitment OR a registration. It is just a note to let us know you intend to attend. It would really

help us plan better. Thanks for your help in getting a number in advance so we can plan accordingly.

Don‘t miss it! Registration forms will be available soon on the regional website.

WINTER REGIONAL

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on the same track…the right track.

Though a few of the original attendees have

decided they just don‘t have the time, it‘s not

for them, or something, seems new arrivals come each week. So we are maintaining the

20 member level. It‘s really great. They are all

great gals and really excited about this new art

form called Sweet Adelines.

By TJ Reed, TIWT Correspondent

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Cross Country Quartet

Sheri Strawther, lead; Kerri

Mauney, bass; Pam Parish,

baritone; Carolyn Hudler, tenor

Now that we all seem to be back to

normal with our home life, we are

concentrating on our hobby. It has

been great to be able to freely get

together and sing without

worrying about other things. We're

working on new music and have

several coaching sessions lined up

between now and the end of the

year. Kerri's mother was honored

at her church for her years of

service. As part of the surprise,

Cross Country was there to sing

for her and the congregation. A

sandwich/home made ice cream

supper followed. Who cares about

the sandwiches, bring on the ice

cream--orange, strawberry and

vanilla!

We will be singing for all our

mothers in October at a birthday

party for Sheri's mom. In addition

to singing with Houston Horizon,

Carolyn and Pam sing with Spirit

of Southeast Texas Chorus and are

busy with competition plans for

Harmony Classic in Seattle. Sheri

will be trial judging in Seattle,

also. Poor Kerri has to stay home

and work.

Chordially Yours Quartet

Charlotte Hoffman, tenor; Pam

Lowrance, lead; Kelli Chou,

baritone; Bonnie Schuler, bass

Chordially Yours was active this

summer singing for various church

events. The nice thing about

churches is that they usually feed

you, and these events were no

exception – mm mm good.

Charlotte Hoffman, tenor, went to

Germany in September to

experience the Oberammergau

Passion Play, which originated in

1634 and is now staged only every

10 years. She‘ll make it home just

in time to direct Panther City‘s fall

show. Pam Lowrance, lead, has

gone back to school to become a

teacher. She‘s nervous and excited

all at the same time. Of course

we‘ll all help her in her studies

and her husband is thrilled to have

finally settled down with a

―college girl‖ after only 32 years

of marriage. This year Kelli Chou,

baritone, has officially become a

―soccer mom!‖ Yes, Joshua started

kindergarten and soccer this fall –

it seems like he was just born.

Bonnie Schu ler , bass, is

celebrating her 6th year cancer free

(woo-hoo!) and yet she still tries to

blame forgotten words and notes

on ―chemo brain.‖ Bonnie and

Kelli are headed to Seattle with

Lone Star to compete with the

other mid-size choruses in the

Harmony Classic. We wish them

all the best. Halten sie den

klingelton musik!!

Voila Quartet

Hilda Mancillas, tenor; Nancy

Bourell, lead; Bebe Caldwell,

baritone; Heather Harmon, bass

Greetings from Voilà! As a new

quartet, we are getting acquainted

and enjoying every minute. Each

personality; though very different,

adds something great to this unit.

Most of you know Hilda, Nancy

and Bebe, so we‘ll share a bit

about Heather, who is new to

Sweet Adelines. She is a Staff

Sergeant in our U.S. Army. She is

a bassoonist in the military band,

while her hubby Steve plays the

French horn. They are celebrating

their first anniversary of making

beautiful music together! She is

one terrific example of ―don‘t let

her size fool you‖. And that‘s all

we have to say about that.

We auditioned for Alamo Metro‘s

music staff on September 7 and

visited Austin Harmony in mid-

September for their guest night.

We‘re planning on performing a

song on AMC‘s Fall show…yay!

Our preparations for Regional

contest in March are going strong,

amid Nancy‘s world travels and

then moving from a crack house to

a trailer park (ask her), Hilda‘s

Parisian travel and busy work

s c he d u le , B e be ‘ s f a mi l y

obligations and Heather‘s band

schedule. Until January… Hilda,

Nancy, Bebe & Heather.

VocalEyes Quartet

Karla Fenton, tenor; Jodi Ceaser,

lead; Dixie Goro, baritone; Wendy

Wright, bass

In July, VocalEyes Quartet

acquired a new member! We are

now humming along to the driving

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beat of our new bass, HHC

member Wendy Wright. By

August we had our matching

socks, plus a couple of really fun

songs that we are almost ready to

perform for you!

Speaking of driving, in September

we will be warming up our voices

and our golf swings in anticipation

of knocking ‗em dead (not

l it era l ly) at t he Houston

Tidelanders Chorus (BHS) First

Annual Go lf Out ing. The

VocalEyes Fearsome Foursome

wil l no doubt return to

harmonizing immediately after – if

not during – the tournament. Fore!

Our wish for all of you: peace and

harmony in the coming months.

Our advice: ―VocalEyes‖ daily!

Felicity Quartet

Patty Nance, tenor; Angela

Villemarette, lead; Celia Kenney,

baritone; Dee Mayeaux, bass

So much has happened since we

saw you in the spring. Contest was

a bit scary, but so much fun. We'd

like to thank all of you for being

so supportive.

Between vacations, a grandbaby, a

double knee replacement, and

other assorted family adventures

we found a wee bit of time to have

a blast at the library; actually 6

libraries. We were honored to be

invited as part of the Jefferson

Parish and the Livingston Parish

Summer Reading Program, Laugh

Out Loud. We sang funny songs

and taught the kids (and moms)

about 4 part a-capella harmony.

The very best part was having

them learn to sing harmony with

us! Whew, lots of kids, lots of

laughter; highly recommend it in

small doses.

Our latest adventure was a way

down south to Houma, La and the

Crescent City Sound retreat

weekend. We had a great time

singing for and with the chorus.

I'm afraid to say anything else

(you know how they are). On Sept

26 we headed way up north to help

celebrate Baton Rouge Chorus'

50th Anniversary. Being a part of

both choruses has made for lots of

great memories for all of us.

Prelude Quartet

June Deiser, baritone; Lisa Deiser,

bass; Paula Chrisman, tenor

June, Lisa and Paula are hanging

out for now but will soon be

looking to fill that lead spot and be

in competition mode come Spring!

Good luck to all our Seattle

competitors. We applaud each and

every one!

For the first time ever, Region 10 will have a competitor in every category at the International Competition in Seattle October 19-23: Region 10 First Place Medalist in the International Chorus competition: Alamo Metro Chorus Harmony Classic, Division AA: Lone Star Chorus Harmony Classic, Division A: Spirit of Southeast Texas Chorus Region 10 First Place Medalist in the International Quartet competition: Oasis Region 10 representative in the Rising Star Quartet competition: Notella

Good Luck In Seattle!

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Fall Regional Meeting With Guest Faculty Tori Postma Includes Laughter,

Learning, Great Performances And Even Some “Jail Time”

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Start Planning Now For Wall Of Fame And Scrapbook Pages By Karen Bernard, Region 10 Historian I know that it’s early but I wanted to give everyone the information about Scrapbook Pages & the Eighteenth Annual Wall of Fame. (It’s hard to believe that we’ve had our wonderful Wall of Fame that many years!) Packets containing pertinent information for each chorus historian and chorus president/team leader will be given out at the January Regional Meeting at the Chapter Leaders Fo-rum. Any packets not picked up will be mailed to chorus presidents/team leaders for distribution. I encourage all choruses to honor one special member on the “Year 2011” Wall of Fame and to sub-

mit an entry in the Regional Scrapbook Contest for 2010-2011. Be sure to visit the Historian’s tables at the Regional Boutique at most meetings and at contest. You’ll find lots of snapshots and chorus/quartet photos for sale at very reasonable prices and many for free (or make a donation). Some Re-gion 10 scrapbooks are on display as well as the Region’s Chorus and Quartet Champion Albums. My contact information is: (home address) 841 HWY 182; Sunset LA 70584. My phone numbers, fax & e-mail address follow: (h) 337-662-3247; (fax) 337-662-2274; (e-mail) kbsings@centurytel.net

The Regional Management Team Wants You! By Cinda Crews, Team Coordinator, Region 10 The Region 10 RMT is made up of eight hard working women from choruses throughout the region. We meet several times during the year to discuss and make decisions that pertain to the life of our region. The Regional Management Team consists of the following members:

Communications Coordinator-Carol Mouche’-Chisholm Trail Chorus Directors Coordinator-Charlotte Hoffman-Panther City Chorus Education Coordinator-Vickie Dennis-Houston Horizon Chorus Events Coordinator-Cheryl Pyle-Austin Harmony Chorus Finance Coordinator-Marilyn Douglas-Houston Horizon Chorus Marketing Coordinator-Jane Schlinke-Alamo Metro Chorus Membership Coordinator-Carin Williamson-Houston Horizon Chorus Team Coordinator-Cinda Crews-Alamo Metro Chorus

The current terms of office for Directors Coordinator, Events Coordinator, Finance Coordinator and Marketing Coordinator will end April 30, 2011. We are looking for women who are interested in filling these positions. If you are a person who prides herself on the service you perform and your ability to solve problems, then this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Being a member of and contributor to an effective team can be very beneficial. Our region has made great strides in the last few years and we want to continue to move forward. Won’t you consider becoming part of the Re-gional Management Team to ensure that Region 10 continues to grow and prosper? Applications are available online or you can obtain an application from me at all regional events.

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Alamo Metro Chorus Terry Van Syoc Baton Rouge Chorus Angie Dunn Bayou Blend Chorus Myra Tener Virginia Molbert Catherine Wabeke Chisholm Trail Chorus Sheila Stohr Sharon Schroeder Trish Nevins Cradle of Texas Connie Singleton Alexandra Lenfesty Nichole Lenfesty Houston Horizon Chorus Penny Elliott Annette Quimby Diane Skipworth Becky Autry Susie Chirafis * Magic Valley Chorus Isabella Waldschmidt Panther City Chorus Mandi Tidwell Carolyn Williams Sparkling City Chorus Carole Durch Spirit of Southeast Texas Jill Rutherford Margaret Young

Starlite Sound Rachel Willis Dee Willis Texas Harmony Sabrina Lindsay Voice of Vermilion Camille D'aunoy Heart of Dallas (Pros.) Helen Ray Amy Philo Heart of the Pines (Pros) Becky Crawford Carlie Howard Courtney Kocurek Debbie Rucker Dianna Smith Frances Nations Frances Ward Kay Awtrey Kitty Goehrs Loraine Young Lorna Laster Lou Alice Chancellor Marilyn Tutwiler Marla Lamana Mary Grace Simms Melinda Wiedemann Patricia Everitt Pattie Wheaton Peggy Young Rosie Fulks Teresa Reed Tiffany Gauntt *-Dual Member

Welcome to our newest Region 10 members Please note that this information is supplied by each chorus to the regional

Communications Coordinator.

Chorus Shows 2010-2011

October 2 Panther City-Hats Off to Harmony October 9 Alamo Metro-Soaring to Seattle-send-off show October 15 & 16 Texas Harmony & Chisholm Trail-Joint shows in Irving & Temple December 5 Alamo Metro-Christmas Show

A reminder that all chapter

show dates must be approved by Regional

Team Coordinator Cinda Crews before they can be

posted to the calendar. Email

cindacrews22@yahoo.com to obtain a request form.

SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 14-15, 2011

Region 10 Winter Meeting with Tomi McEvoy

Check the regional website often for new information,

music and registration details:

http://www.region10sai.org/

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Great Gulf Coast 5-Year Education Plan As of July 2010

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Jan

Winter Regional

Meeting

Jan 15-16

Houston, TX

Harriette Walters

Quartet Workshop

Jan 14-15

Houston, TX

Tomi McEvoy

Quartet Workshop

Jan 20-21

Houston, TX

Faculty Pending

Quartet Workshop

Jan 18-19

Houston, TX

Faculty Pending

Quartet Workshop

Jan 17-18

Houston, TX

Faculty Pending

Feb

Mar

Regional

Competition

March 25-28

Houston, TX

Regional

Competition

March 17-20

Houston, TX

Regional

Competition

March 29-April 1

Houston, TX

Regional

Competition

March 21-24

Houston, TX

Regional

Competition

April 3-6

Houston, TX

Apr

May

Chapter Leaders’

Seminar

May 21-22

Houston, TX

Linda Nishimura, Life

Coach

Chapter Leaders’

Seminar

May 20-21

Houston, TX

Kathy Carmody

Chapter Leaders’

Seminar

May 18-20

Houston, TX

Regional Faculty

Chapter Leaders’

Seminar

May 17-18

Houston, TX

Peggy Gram

Chapter Leaders’

Seminar

May 16-17

Houston, TX

Regional Faculty

Jun

Area Schools

June 26

3 areas – west,

north, east

Regional faculty

Area Schools

June 25

TBD

Regional faculty

Area Schools

June 23

TBD

Regional faculty

Area Schools

June 22

TBD

Regional faculty

Area Schools

June 21

TBD

Regional faculty

Jul

Aug

Sept

Fall Regional

Meeting

Sept 17-18

Houston, TX

Tori Postma

Fall Regional

Meeting

Sept 14-15

Houston, TX

Renee Porzel

Fall Regional

Meeting

Sept 20-21

Houston, TX

Gail Jencik

Fall Regional

Meeting

Sept 19-20

Houston, TX

Faculty Pending

Oct

International

Competition

Oct 18-22

Houston, TX

Nov

Dec